However, for reasons unknown to his family, his name did not appear on the 2002 voters’ list, leading to the issuance of a summons. His father’s name figures in the 2002 voters’ list, yet the BLO marked his father as “not found”, triggering the notice. As neither of his parents figured in the 2002 voters’ list, the authorities issued a summons. Samuel’s father’s name appears in the 2002 voters’ list as “Badrul”, without a surname, which reportedly led to confusion over parental linkage and prompted thesummon. If I did not turn up, I could have been excluded from the voters’ list,” said Samaul.

Source: The Telegraph December 30, 2025 01:32 UTC